Improved beater-pkess



GEORGE ER'TEIH OF LIBERTY, ILLINOIS. Letters PatentNo. F12,728, elatedDecember 31, 1857.

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To ALLWHOM IT MAY ooNcEnN:

Beit known that I, GEORGE ERTEL, of Liberty, county of Adams, State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Combined C ompressing andBeater-Press, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescrip` tion, reference being had to the drawings annexed, making apart of this specification, in which- Plate l'represents a sideelevation of my invention. l

Plate 2, Figure l, represents a top View ofthe driving-wheel of myinvention.

Figure 2 represents'an end view of my invention, with the columnsbroken.

Figure 3 represents a. top view of the gate of my invention.

Similar letters indicate like parts. v

My invention is designed to rapidly and cheaply press hay andothersubstances, by the combination, in one machine, of the beating andcompressing-processes.

It consists of aframe, A, plate 1, and fig. 2, plate 2, at one extremityof which are ixedlfour columns, two of which, B B', are shown in'plate1, and B B in plate 2, fig. 2. These columns arcstrengthened and-held inposition by cros'spieces, as c cvc, plate 1, and ded d, plate iig. 2. Atthe opposite extremity of the frame is placed a vertical driving-shaft,E, plate '1, having its upper bearing in the frame F, plate 1, composedof two cross-pieces extending from the columns before described."y Abrace, G, extends diagonally from the extremity of this frame to one ofithe cross-pieces ofthe columns. Anarm, H, is attached -to thevdriving-shaft, to the extremity of which the motive-power. is applied.On thetop of this shaftfis a horizontal driving-wheel, K, plate 1, andplate 2,'tigQA1; Atthe lbottom offthe columns vis formed a pit,. havingvtwo gates opposite each other, one of which is shown at L, plate 1, andplate 2,' lig; 3. The former is fastened in the ordi-nary manner, whilethe latter, L, is fastened by means of a frame,'m, half-l aswideasitself, hung on the column oppositie to that on which the gate swings,in such a vway that whcn'the' gate-is closed, this may be pressedagainst the same, and held firmly in close contact with it, by means ofa 'hookjin the gate, shown at a, plate 1, and plate 2, iig. 3. .An ironhammerb1ock,.0, plate 1, and platef2, fg. 2, 'attached to a shaft, P, ismade to worklfreely in the guiding columns.4 The lower end of this shaft,is slotted; as at?, plate 1, thus rendering the hammer-blockadjustable, it being kept in the position desired bymeansof lapinpassing through the lsides of the slot and the yoke across the eyeofthe hammer-block. The underfsideof the hammer-block, as well as Vthebottom of tho pit, is grooved for the reception ofthe ropes or hoopsnecessary in baling'. The hammer-block in plate 1 is shown as triggedabout half way between the extremcs'of itsvertical motion. The 'shaft Ppasses between two rollers s s', plate .1, fixed intwo cross-bars, oneofwhich is shown ,at t, which serve to guide the hammerblock, andassist'its movement. A rope is attached te the shaft P at w, passes overtheroller e', which has a groove to receive it, through the eye i: inthe tongue y, working upon a pivot xed in'the frame F, and is thenfastened to the driving-wheel at z. The upper edge of this wheel isbevelled, and anvinclined pla-ne, T, like the arc of a circle, passesfrom the extremity of its axis to .its circumference. The'hammer-blockboing raised so that the pit may be filled with hay,for instance, thedriving-shaft is set in motion, and the rope -wound round the wheel,raising the hammer-blockptill, reaching the inclined plane, it is thrownoff and the hammerblock falls upon the hay, lthe rope being so fastenedand the'plane so arranged that the hammerbloclercaches its maximumelevation simultaneously with the rope being thrown oif by the plane.The shaft, being in motion t all the time, catches the ropefand the sameprocess is repeated, the pit being continually supplied with hay. Theslacky rope, caused by the falling of the hammer-block, is taken up bythe tongue, which, falling with the rope, prevents any tangling'. Whenno more hay can be forced in to the pit hy the hammer-block, the h'ammerbeing in lthe position shown in plate 2, fig. 2, one end of the shaft Pis made to rest. upon the bottom of the eye of the hammer-block, whilethe shaft is kept from moving up by means cfa pin, x,.tig. 2, plate 2,inserted in the same as near as possible tothe cross-bar d. A lever,diamond-shaped on 'one side, to correspond with the top of the yoke, isplaced, as shown in plate 2, iig. 2, between the yoke and a pin, 4,passingthrough one of the' many perforations-in the sides of the slot.The pin of the yoke then being removed, the upper arm of the lever isforced down till another pin can be inserted in the other side, abovethe lever at 5, then the other arm, which is now the upper, is forceddown, and another pin inserted, and this process continued Vtill the hayis suiciently pressed, when it may be removed through the gates.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by -Letters Patent,is p 1. The combination of acompressing and beater-press, when arrangedsubstantially as shown and described.

2. The combination ofthe driving-wheel K, the slotted sha-ft P, and thetongue y, ofa combined compress. ing and beater-press, when constructedand arranged substantially as shown and specified. A

A GEORGE ERTEL.

Witnesses:

JAMES Cousin, JOSEPH S. Suuwsn'rz.

